Synchronicity (Compilation)

My nigga Punchline want his money<br><br>Yo, this is a capitalist society<br><br>Yo!<br><br>Hello world, how y`all doin?<br><br>Don`t be shy, y`all can wave back, man<br><br>I know y`all can`t see me<br><br>Oh you got it?<br><br>[ VERSE 1: Talib Kweli ]<br>Talib Kweli ichiban in Japan is mush-mush<br>Yo, I`m able to keep it fresh like veggie tables and couscous<br>Got my comp in a catch deuce-deuce<br>Livin proof, you want the truth?<br>Nah, you can`t handle the truth<br>I flip it like any Angelo, be it Michael- or D`<br>Paint the ceiling with my sounds, smoke trees with melodies<br>I enter the palace with no malice intended<br>If l`s make you cough a chalice is recommended<br>Particularly filled with sticky that I got from Manny<br>I`m breakin mics like Amy Fisher breakin a family<br>It can be, all so simple if you let it<br>If you don`t want to, fuck it, forget it, yo, don`t sweat it<br>You feel little<br>When you let the power of the rhythm hit you<br>White Widow got my eyes Chinese<br>But sharp as leaves<br>Of paper cuttin your skin<br>Whenever I write with my pen<br>And make a point<br>Y`all be like, "Yeah, that`s the joint"<br>Yo Matt, got the track on they DAT<br>That make it easy to complete<br>Cause I write shit with or without a beat<br>See you on the hook like a fish<br>We knock it out, no doubt, the shit fixed<br>Like carols at Christmas<br>So bounce, come on, bounce, come on<br>I lock you in my sentence and the shit`s a run-on<br><br>Tokyo, where you at?<br>Brooklyn, where you at?<br><br>[ CHORUS ]<br>Kweli next to be up, so I suggest you re-up<br>Or freeze up like you hear a shot<br>Now I can trace the tracks of all the teardrops<br>Of every single MC in earshot<br>I fear not or none, number one<br>Ichiban, none, number one, ichiban<br><br>[ VERSE 2: Talib Kweli ]<br>I get my camouflage from Weiss/Mahoney<br>My rhymes are worth the price of Sony<br>Your light like last for one minute like Rice-A-Roni<br>Son, I`m nice, you`re phoney<br>It seems all you want in life`s to know me<br>I`m colder than when the ground`s covered with ice and it`s snowy<br>One and only Talib Kweli from Eternal Reflect<br>Yo, I come to Tokyo where everything is Hi-Tek<br>So I feel right at home, rightin poems, fightin clones<br>Who bite my own style cause they ain`t got one<br>I got drive while you ride shotgun<br>Please stop, son<br>I watch _Get on the Bus_ a lot<br>And all this shabuya has got to stop<br>I`m just playin, Japanese culture is like amazin<br>Animation is like hair-raisin<br>Kick selection got no limit<br>Eatin seaweed, maybe one day I get with it<br>But when I see weed I`m smokin<br>Heh, I`m just jokin<br>Really not though<br>My homie Common told me, "Arigato"<br>My art got no<br>Boundaries like Pablo Picasso<br>Who? You don`t know, you never knew<br>Big up to Ru<br>See you in the show on the Avenue<br>Of the Americas<br>Etcetera, etcetera<br>You get the point, you want hot shit, I got a plethora<br>Classics, it`s the best of<br>Brooklyn, New York City<br>So we`re never comin shitty<br>I get more love in Japan than _Hello Kitty_<br>Such a pity, these MC`s think they hangin with me<br>Catch me on Japanese MTV with Mos Diddy<br><br>[ CHORUS ]<br>Kweli is next to be up, so I suggest you re-up